Display stand



Patented Oct. 16, 1928.

JOSEPH G. HUYE, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

D'Isrrtwl STAND,

evrlicafin fue@ August 251.92@ Serin No. 529,59.

This invention relates to Collapsible cardboard or pztperbo'ard' A display `'sta-nds lor supports or display agnes 'suoli is Cornmonly used on the Counters or display Cs in stores to display goods for sale, for instance,`l as"` ladies hatsl`v sind Y, has particularly in yiew to provide such` collapsible set-up display stand of lvery light material, which; in use Will be antomziticslly'selii}settingli1p or expanding 'or erecting, which may be Ipositivelyl locked in set-lip condition, which willb capable of standing rough usage, and which4 may bare folded flat and carried in large numbers in folded oondition by ,traveling salesmen ind nsed to displziy their goods, prirnril'yladies lists, to the trede. i Y

- The priinary object' of the present inyention is to provide such a display stand adapt-ed to be earried flat With a number of similar kst zuids md Wliioli,` npon being relieved of the Weight ofthe standfsnperposed npon it, will `iiitornaticilly set-lip ,expend or erect itself ready for use, thereby conserv- `ing the salesnflmls` time in aranfiiig his display. Qtlierobje'ots @reto provide Su'cfh display Stand with bracing. .and rinffzrcins' 11i-eens, whereby lighter4 Weight.' ma- Vterizil'nmy be iised While" still retaining in zunple degre'eof rigidityand stability; to proyidenieans for pdsi'tively looking the stndin set-up or ereted or expended oondition yso that it cannot be oolltp'sefd until said means are released; and to provide :L yery s iinple and 4iriexpensive constriiotion VWlierein the rnezins for automatically, Lotuvating 4the stand, said ineans preferably being n 'snigillrubber band ,at each end, maybe fisyfrepdes the Qason may arise.

'While th/intention is above eferrd'to 'site @filers form;

showing the sides bnlged iis tlieftyvooppoare. 'supplemented "by a' positivflockk ure 111,' @top plrin yiew ofv triengne drawings, in

blank 'being Scored l01 ,creased @1011s lim?? l 2 s for ,folding dividing the bianiseach vinit@ @Ptng andreinforns `Strip @which 3 and extending for its full length coated with adhesive forming a pasting strip 10, and the end portions of the strips 4 and 1 0 are preferably notched as at l1, each, pair of upper and lower notches diverging from each other, each of the notchesoffthe upper pair diverging` downwardly away from ,each other and each of the notches ofthe'lower pair diverging upwardly vaway from' each other, preferably the degree ofinclination or divergence of said notchesl beingthe saine throughout, and said notchesll beingy so arranged th'atthe notches 11 in the Istrip 4 ofeach of the twoblanks forming the device will, in assemblinglie parallel toand register with,"the corresponding. upperuand lower notches 11 in the strip 1() yof the other of 'said two blanks` the said notches being so arranged 'that iny the finished article the upper pair of notches 11 will converge downwardly towardeachother and the notches of the lowerpair will convergeV upwardly toward each other and toward the upper pair of notches 11.

Preferabiy the strip. i, "panes expats el and armsS of each blank will all be integral as shown, this beingl a practical andeconolmic'al construction, but this is 'not essential Z,so long as ,suchl portions are 'suitably'cou Cil n'ected. Likewise, the strips 4`and 10 will "ing together as indicated, but this is not essential, any other suitable methodof securing such parts together, such as stitching,

stapling,l riveting or the like, being an equiv-YL aleiit for the pasting together, may be einployed.

Toasseinble, the strip 4 and thefpla'te 6 are folded on the creases or scores V1 and 3,

respectively, toward each other sov as `to' lie flat against the saine side faces of the intervening panels 5. lVhen the two blanks4 coinposing the device have been treated'in this manner, they are brought into registry kwith the adhesive coated faces ofthe strips'4 and v10 of the one blank opposed to, and in registry with, the similar facesfof the stripsl() and 4 respectively ofthe other blank, care being used to see that the slots 11 are in registry in all instances, when the; two blanks will be pressed together and theadhesive.

allowed to set or'd'ry.

" i Thereafter the corners to which the plates Gare eonnectedwill'be forced towardeach other runtil the device is fully spread, setup, f expanded or erectedjin theform shown@ iii Fig. L3, when a short rubber band 12 will l,be 4applied to the upper lends of theplates l6, being inserted in the slots 11 thereof and extending on' both sides of said plates 6 as shown, and asimilar, but slightly longer, rubber band`13 will be similarly applied to the lower ends of said plates 6, allyas clearly `shown in 4, the outer end portiiis of the l arrns8 being cut away`at'9, as illustratedand above mentioned, so as not to interfere with the application of the rubber .bands 12 and 13, vnor to interfere, by rubbing against them oi' catching in them, during operation.

i Obviously, if one of the rubber bands should/break or loseits elasticity it may be `quickly removed and as quickly replaced by vto which the plates 6 are respectively attached'y will be pulled toward each other and the other two corners forced apart.

1 To collapse it is simply necessary to press onthepanels 5 in a direction atfright angles to the plates .6. ,y v, In 'the -rnodification shown in Figures 6 land'74the'construction and operation are in -all respects the i same as abovefdescribed, except that each ofthe two blanks has three panels=5 instead fofy but two, resulting in producing a device hexagonal iny cross-section' instead of :the preferred quadrilateral preferably be coatedwith adhesiyefor secur- In the modification shown in Figures 10, 11 and 12 the construction and operationl are inail respects fthe 'saine as above described vexcept lthat yit is triangular inform Ain cross-section and for `that reason no adhesive or y equivalentk rigidgeonn ectionr is `employed and but one blank is used, yand insteadfof the krstrip 4 andthe plate 6 cut out at 7, lthefblank` as shown in F-igure 10, has two 'plates 6"1 spaced from each other by` two intervening panels 5, theplates 6ak each being 'provided with the notches. 11 'arranged and located as above described andare folded over toward eachother .into overlapping relation against the same side faces of the panelsv and, as thus arranged, have their lll' opposed side faces ingsliding engagement with each other, the panels fcomprisiiig two of the sides ofthe stand as set-upv and thevplates 6a together constituting the third side,A the rubber bands 12V and 13 being- In` thefinodiication shown in F iguresS and 9, the construction and operation are fthe Asame as described `with relation to ythe forms'shown inFigures 1 to 7 except that, inadditioiito' the'rubber bands 12 `and 13,

l the upper and lowerends ofthe plates 6 are centrally 'notched to `provide opposedovervlapping tongues'Y 14, thetoiiguesc14 of the one plate 6 preferablyextending in thesaine lateral direction an'dbeingoppOsed to the opposit'ely presented tongues y14 respectively of the other plate G, thus constituting upper respectively to fthe topfand bottom pairs of 'notches 11 as above inentioned. y

and lower pairs of opposed tongues 14E which may be twisted to interlock and so hold the stand in set-up `condition against accidental deformation until said tongues 14 are untwisted or unlocked.'

Of course, if desired, or if one or both of the rubber bands 12 and 13 should be broken or lost and others not available, these tongues may be interlocked and relied upon `to hold the stand in setup condition without the use of the rubber bands, but this involves the sacrifice of the automatic action, which is preferred where the stands are to be carried about by salesmen and temporarily set up to display their goods and then collapsed and packed away until the salesman reaches another city or new point where he intends to display his goods. Y

Of course, if in the case of a particular stand, it is to be set up and left permanently in that condition, as, for instance, in use `in a show window or on a counter or show case, in all forms described, cord strings, or wires or similar devices may be substituted for the elements 12 and 13, or, for that matter, the plates 6 may beheld relatively stationary by a clip or piercing fastener, or, in the modification shown in Figures 8 and 9, the tongues 14; may be twisted to interloclied position and solely relied upon to maintainr the parts in Correct relation, all other means to'this end being dispensed with.

While the term rubber band7 has been used throughout the specitioation'in describing the elements 12 and 13, and while they will usually be, and preferably be, rubber bands suc-h as now in general use for purposes of general utility, it is evident that a spring of any suitable construction or any other suitable resilient or elastic device will suffice, nor is it essential that the rubber bands or equivalent elements lie onboth sides of the plates 6, it being suiiicient if they be resilient and act to pull orrpush or We "meenam telescope the plates 6 into normal overlap` pino relation.

lraving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: l

v 1. A collapsible set-up display device comprising a tubular member having a plurality of overlapping plates having their opposed side faces in sliding engagement with each other at all times, and elastic bands fitting about parts of the end portions of said plates to pull them edgewise toward each other into normal full overlapping relation to Vexpand the tubular member to full set-upcondition.

. 2. A collapsible set-up display device oomprising a tubular member having two overlapping' plates having sliding,y engagement witheach other, resilient means acting on said plates to move them edgewise with relation to each other to expand the tubular member to set-up condition, and means Afor looking said plates in this latter relation against relative movement, said means comprising tongues extending in opposed relation respectively from said plates and adapted to interlock.

3. A collapsible set-up display device oomprising a tubular member having a plurality of overlapping plates having their opposed sides at all times in sliding engagement for movement with relation to each other edgewise in opposite directions, resilient means acting on said plates to move them edgewise with' relation to each other to vary the crosssectional form of said tubular member, and means for locking said plates together in this latter relation against relative reverse movement.

In testimony whereof, I have ysigned my name to this specification at New Orleans, Louisiana, this 22nd day of August, 1925.

JOSEPH e, HUYE. 

